The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-11-03
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Peints Of Intsrsst managing the Attsntien
Of savants.
The bacteria Of water and ice have been
found in hail by Professor L. Maggi, an
Italian physiolosist. Such organisms are
well-niRh universal.
The transparency Of molten iron, noticed
during . casting Of several tons, has been
recorded by Mr.. W. Ramsay. It has .
yellow tinge.
The River Turia, at point thirty-Hve
miles away, II to be utilised for running the
facsories Of Valencia, Spain. The 5000.
horse power available will bs transmitted BY
electricity.
The idea Of putting monkeys to work
seems TO have bean accomplished In Brasil,
XhsTs. :ccording 70 : report from Rio
succemfully trained to cut hemp on large
hemp farm.
A petroleum exhibition Is soon to be held
IN 81. Petersburg, in connection with which
the Russian minister Of war offers prize Of
900 r0ubles for compact and practical bat
tsry for electric lighting with incandescent
lamps.
Professor Lodges discovery Of the remark
able effect Of static electricity In freeing the
air from dust and vapor has been utilized BY
BY the discharge OF cannon.
Disasterv TO eyesieht are evidently mora
common than Is generally supposed, Judging
from the statement that more than 1000, 900
glass eyes are made annually in Germany
and 6witserland. An artificial eye seldom
lasts moro than I'VE years, the secretion of
the glands turning It cloudy.
DR.: Murray, Of the Royal Society Of Edin-
bureh, estimate. the mean height Of the land
ef the globe e Be- between i,soo and 2loo
nearly correct. Humboldt's estimate Of the
mean height Of the continents was 1000
An effective method Of petrifying animal
bodies IVES claimed by Dr.. g. B. Nassedaglia,
Q distinguished Padua chemist, who died
more than forty years ago. The secret Of the
process was LETT Tor his Legitimate hsiFs. Who
have. have only wy recently been found. The
sought, and large sums have been offered fcr
tt-thus far unsuccessfully..
The plan Of utiIizing coke dust BY max
ing Il into hnquettes has been successfully
edopted by gas company ct Lyons, Francs.
This u accomplished by mixing each ton Of
hne coke with about two hundred pounds Of
coal-tar pitch and then passing II through .
and e6 ton, The expense for this plant,
Is xI'Is & ss:Pessisy a q d1y-avs tons daily. -;
Z PrqGsasce o. w. vocal communicated to
the memben of The Berlin Physical eodety,
at one Of their recent meeting, vesy inGe-
nlous discovery, by which II u now possible
to obtain tnstantaneous Photographic, not
only Ct night but also In tho dafkest placea.
Ne6su. GOodicko and Nietho have preperod
Amixture Of pulvegjsed magnesium, chl0rato
of potash, and sulphide Of antimouy, which,
when ignitsh, produces an explosive, light
ning-like illumination Of such intensity that
by meano Of Il an instantane0us photograph
ON b taken. The speaker Rave . demon
sizstion of the discovery BY taking photo.
graphs Of several peRsons present. he used
fhs aytinclal light Of which each flash lasted
One-fortieth of . second, and In few min
pto prodpcsd . picture during the needing.
The poydsrs. = psep.rsd by the discoyersil.
oose only . sy Pfsnnies each. and viii hence
fapadly oome Into Gensral use.
DuzAing 0asbass.
y How 10 dispose of the garbaeo y one a
tho QUESTIONS that q troubling large dtles.
- Montreal the system Of burning has ben
Q6mtod, and the philad9phia bdasd of
bo6I1h has sought inf0xmekinn conoogninG
W. GneeeD ~ t6e dsvioe. Prom TIE rep!y
yoooeVo1 = espeetg that . cgenatooy ean ~
laN 80 x 1900 Sor Sseh l6fiaeA 6.
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